Stability of multiple-pulse solutions

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 429-472

  Sandstede, Björn ^a,b  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homoclinic orbits; Partial differential equations; Solitary waves; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944451412     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-98-01673-0     Document Type: Article

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